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title: "Cancelling Branch Assignments"
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description: "Configure a Merge step to cancel pending branch assignments when required conditions are met after parallel Flow execution."
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# Cancelling Branch Assignments

## Overview

A Merge step can be configured to cancel all other pending branch assignments in a Flow process. The Merge step has the option to factor in certain conditions. For example, if a Split step Branches out to five different Approvals but only requires two, the Merge step will then Cancel the three unworked Tasks that were previously assigned.

## Settings

The following example utilizes setting the AllowCancelMerge boolean on the Merge step to cancel an Approval task. The example Forms are arbitrary Approval Forms and could be replaced with a user's specific use case.

On the Properties tab of a **Merge** step, select **AllowCancelMerge.** Two Inputs will appear to configure within the Input Properties: **Cancel Pending Forms** and **Cancel Reason**.

| **Cancel Pending Forms (Boolean)** | Cancels all pending Assignments that have not yet been satisfied or completed, if set to true. |
| --- | --- |
| **Cancel Reason (String)** | Stored as a comment within a Process Folder if a Process Folder is being utilized. |

There are two options for the Merge Type: **This Flow Only** and **Include Sub-Flows**.

| **This Flow Only** | Applies to merges in the current Flow. |
| --- | --- |
| **Include Sub-Flows** | If Sub-Flows are within the Branch, users may need to set this to **True.** It is important to understand the Scope. For example, there's a flow called Flow A. Flow A contains sub-flow B, and Flow B contains sub-flow C. If a user uses the Include Sub-Flows merge type in Flow B then, it will only merge in sub-flow C. |

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